Table I.A.2.b(1999) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

48.5%

71.4%

54.2%

46.4%

29.2%

13.7%

65.0%

21.2%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

73.7%

83.7%

58.4%

50.8%

60.9%

13.0%

*

78.5%

37.7%

Mining

45.0%

79.2%

12.3%

*

89.1%

46.3%

*

26.4%

*

55.8%

36.7%

Construction

60.9%

65.6%

53.2%

57.3%

51.0%

30.9%

61.8%

50.4%

Manufacturing

47.8%

73.7%

51.2%

44.0%

29.5%

20.9%

60.7%

27.5%

Transp., commu., util.

51.7%

73.6%

51.9%

48.3%

30.5%

40.9%

65.8%

39.2%

Wholesale trade

50.7%

71.8%

60.4%

40.5%

33.4%

22.9%

64.6%

28.2%

Retail trade

28.6%

62.6%

46.4%

36.3%

16.5%

5.3%

54.8%

9.5%

Fin., ins., real est.

40.6%

71.5%

56.9%

51.2%

33.8%

10.1%

67.7%

16.9%

Services

57.7%

73.7%

57.5%

50.6%

33.6%

18.6%

68.6%

28.4%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

45.5%

71.1%

52.7%

44.6%

28.0%

14.1%

63.3%

20.2%

For profit, unincorporated

61.3%

69.9%

52.9%

40.2%

25.6%

11.3%

66.9%

21.3%

Nonprofit

61.7%

77.2%

65.8%

59.3%

36.7%

28.3%

72.5%

39.7%

Unknown

7.8%

16.0%

*

27.6%

*

25.9%

*

15.6%

*

5.9%

*

20.7%

*

7.5%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

56.8%

64.4%

43.9%

42.0%

25.9%

16.1%

*

59.6%

29.5%

5-9 years

60.0%

70.0%

46.2%

47.4%

35.3%

17.5%

*

63.2%

35.0%

10-19 years

59.3%

72.6%

55.4%

47.2%

24.8%

19.8%

66.2%

27.3%

20 or more years

51.0%

75.4%

59.0%

46.7%

32.3%

13.7%

67.6%

25.4%

Unknown

14.6%

35.8%

*

40.0%

37.8%

19.8%

13.2%

40.7%

14.0%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

23.7%

53.1%

50.7%

44.3%

27.7%

13.6%

51.8%

19.3%

1 location only

64.8%

71.8%

54.7%

47.9%

40.6%

42.0%

66.3%

40.8%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

47.6%

77.0%

68.1%

50.5%

24.2%

6.8%

*

72.8%

16.0%

25-49%

34.0%

72.8%

46.7%

42.5%

23.1%

3.2%

60.9%

11.9%

50-74%

46.1%

70.9%

53.4%

35.6%

29.6%

5.7%

63.8%

15.2%

75% or more

50.6%

71.2%

54.6%

48.3%

30.4%

17.6%

65.2%

24.3%

Union presence

No union employees

50.0%

71.4%

53.5%

45.3%

27.6%

9.4%

64.8%

19.7%

Has union employees

47.5%

78.2%

70.5%

65.0%

45.6%

30.0%

73.6%

34.6%

Unknown

27.4%

65.5%

49.4%

41.3%

34.5%

15.2%

61.7%

16.9%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

46.4%

75.5%

44.0%

40.1%

23.7%

4.2%

*

65.5%

17.0%

Less than 50% low wage

56.3%

71.2%

55.1%

47.3%

31.4%

17.0%

65.1%

28.6%

Unknown

18.8%

69.3%

42.1%

37.6%

21.7%

13.0%

61.4%

14.0%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

Table I.A.2.b(1999) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

0.35%

0.89%

0.88%

1.32%

0.57%

0.92%

0.52%

0.49%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

4.31%

3.68%

10.21%

9.87%

14.59%

12.67%

*

3.92%

7.61%

Mining

7.53%

18.35%

4.16%

*

14.03%

14.56%

*

9.83%

*

13.46%

10.70%

Construction

2.01%

2.81%

2.60%

1.83%

6.88%

8.40%

2.06%

4.10%

Manufacturing

2.37%

3.74%

5.43%

3.80%

1.77%

2.76%

3.65%

1.66%

Transp., commu., util.

3.42%

6.12%

8.99%

4.59%

6.36%

6.30%

3.13%

4.68%

Wholesale trade

1.87%

4.93%

3.88%

3.90%

4.60%

3.15%

2.64%

2.16%

Retail trade

0.89%

2.35%

1.88%

3.01%

1.48%

0.52%

1.41%

0.61%

Fin., ins., real est.

1.32%

3.80%

5.91%

4.91%

4.10%

1.98%

3.09%

1.67%

Services

0.59%

1.17%

1.55%

2.28%

1.43%

2.17%

0.56%

1.01%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.56%

1.29%

1.07%

1.49%

1.32%

0.90%

0.89%

0.57%

For profit, unincorporated

1.69%

1.92%

3.97%

6.41%

4.62%

3.02%

1.60%

2.10%

Nonprofit

1.23%

1.70%

2.94%

2.75%

3.02%

5.78%

1.32%

2.66%

Unknown

1.73%

11.54%

*

8.94%

*

11.31%

*

4.88%

*

1.96%

*

8.01%

*

1.65%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.65%

2.07%

3.46%

2.80%

4.55%

6.37%

*

1.62%

3.16%

5-9 years

1.04%

1.24%

2.53%

2.04%

5.61%

5.82%

*

1.04%

2.33%

10-19 years

0.60%

1.51%

1.34%

1.74%

2.64%

4.63%

0.69%

1.88%

20 or more years

0.56%

0.75%

1.64%

1.80%

1.23%

1.42%

0.62%

1.05%

Unknown

0.83%

14.05%

*

11.73%

5.74%

1.78%

1.16%

7.80%

0.89%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.49%

5.88%

3.14%

1.77%

0.63%

0.93%

1.77%

0.62%

1 location only

0.53%

0.85%

0.85%

1.42%

2.43%

6.17%

0.51%

2.02%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

1.99%

2.85%

7.08%

6.03%

3.65%

3.21%

*

2.53%

2.35%

25-49%

1.74%

4.40%

5.33%

3.72%

2.53%

0.58%

3.35%

1.01%

50-74%

0.90%

2.32%

2.34%

3.65%

2.22%

0.73%

1.80%

0.76%

75% or more

0.54%

1.06%

1.10%

1.07%

0.98%

1.28%

0.74%

0.70%

Union presence

No union employees

0.45%

0.90%

1.01%

1.43%

0.84%

0.59%

0.55%

0.32%

Has union employees

2.40%

3.79%

3.43%

2.68%

3.49%

4.18%

2.70%

3.29%

Unknown

1.52%

5.34%

10.65%

9.94%

5.48%

1.83%

4.08%

1.72%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

2.08%

3.11%

5.26%

4.20%

4.11%

1.28%

*

1.95%

2.48%

Less than 50% low wage

0.42%

0.92%

0.83%

1.29%

0.51%

1.42%

0.59%

0.57%

Unknown

0.71%

4.00%

6.89%

5.86%

2.72%

1.02%

2.77%

0.72%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.